Basketball
AfroBasket Champion Murjanatu Musa Returns Home, Inspires Air Warriors with Gifts and Words of Wisdom
 
																								
												
												
											Fresh off her dazzling triumph at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship in Côte d’Ivoire, D’Tigress forward Murjanatu Liman Musa made a heartfelt return to familiar territory — her former club, Air Warriors Basketball Club of Abuja — on Friday.
With a warm smile and the poise of a champion, Musa arrived bearing gifts: brand-new basketballs and other donations for the players in camp. Her gesture, she said, was about more than charity — it was a call to chase greatness with hard work, discipline, and resilience.
The 25-year-old knows the Air Warriors story from the inside. Between 2018 and 2019, she wore the club’s colours with pride, leaving her mark as a star performer in their 2019 Women’s Basketball League title win and earning the coveted Most Valuable Player (MVP) honour that season.
Now shining in France’s Ligue Féminine de Basketball with Tarbes Gespe Bigorre, Musa told the team she had never forgotten her roots.
“If you stay focused and determined, success will come,” she encouraged, her words echoing in the gym.
The Chairman of Air Warriors Basketball Club, Alhaji Abdulmajid Solademi, praised Murjanatu Musa for staying connected to her roots and taking time to inspire the next generation of players. He lauded her visit as a powerful reminder that true champions never forget where they started.
Solademi also extended his commendation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what he described as an unprecedented gesture that has the potential to transform Nigeria’s sporting landscape.
“The recognition of the girls’ performance by the number one citizen of the country is unbelievable — not to mention the cash rewards, properties, and the national honour bestowed on them,” he said. “This is the kind of support that can change the face of sports forever, and it will inspire countless young people to see sports as a viable and rewarding career path.”
The players, visibly inspired, hailed her generosity and hailed her journey as proof that dreams can take you from local courts to the global stage. With gratitude in their voices, they wished her even greater heights in her career.
Basketball
RMAFC Reaffirms Commitment To Boost Revenue Generation From Mining Sector
 
														Joel Ajayi
In line with its commitment to bridging the gap in the remittance of revenue generated from the mining sector into the Federation Account, the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission organised a sensitization workshop on the new template for data rendition in Enugu for the South East Zone on Thursday 16th October, 2025.
Speaking at the occasion, Chairman of the Commission Dr. Mohammed Bello Shehu reaffirmed the commitment of RMAFC to bridging the gap in the data remittance of revenue generated from the sector into the Federation Account.
“It has been established that despite the extent of activities going on in the Country’s mining sector, it contributes only a negligible amount to the Federation Account, largely due to the lack of proper and effective monitoring of mining activities. Hence, it is the intention of the RMAFC to work assiduously in order to ensure that all revenues due to the Federation Account from the mining sector are promptly remitted into the Federation’s distribution pool account as at when due.” He said.
The Chairman who was represented by the Federal Commissioner representing the Federal Capital Territory in the Commission, Ambassador Ayuba Jacob Ngbako stated that the new data rendition templates were designed to capture and manage relevant data with regards to specific measurement of quantity of minerals produced, producing companies and their locations, particular licenses, fees and permits paid by mining companies. According to him, if the data is properly managed and utilized, it will go a long way in ensuring that mining operations and revenues therefrom are effectively tracked and accounted for.
Dr. Shehu emphasized the imperativeness of the new data rendition template given the current economic difficulties the country is going through. He added that the perpetual over dependence on hydrocarbon sources of revenue, which is often plagued by the vagaries of the international oil market in addition to other reasons such as the problems of pipeline vandalism and oil theft underscores the determination of the President Bola Tinubu led administration to harness revenue potentials from other sectors of the country’s economy such as the solid minerals, agriculture, manufacturing and the blue economy.
In his goodwill message, the Executive Governor of Enugu State His Excellency Governor Peter Mbah, who was represented at the occasion by the Honourable Commissioner of Energy and Mineral resources of the state, Honourable Franklin Ogbonna described the new template as a significant step towards building a reliable framework for revenue monitoring and proper resource allocation framework. He added that accurate data is the foundation of sound policy formulation and effective revenue management. ” It enables both the Federal and State Governments to assess real production figures, close leakages, and ensure that due revenues are remitted for the benefit of all Nigerians.” He said.
The governor further said that the initiative aligns perfectly with the drive to reposition the solid minerals sector as a key contributor to the internally generated revenue and economic diversification agenda of the state.
In his welcome address, the Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State in the Commission, Honourable Ozo Obodougo Obumneme stated that the exercise was primarily aimed at ensuring the existence of a platform for independent data source for the Commission which will be free of summation errors and could be used for comparison as advanced information for attribution purposes.
The Commissioner for Solid Minerals in Ebonyi State, Honourable Onyia Emmanuel, Honourable Commissioner of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in Abia State, Prof Joel Ogbonna, Honourable Commissioner for Local Government in Anambra State, Honourable Tony Nwabuno and the Permanent Secratary Ministry of Industry, Mines and Minerals in Imo State, Mrs Obialor Angela all praised the initiative in their goodwill messages.
The sensitisation exercise scheduled to be held in the six geopolitical zones of the country, which commenced on the 7th of October 2025 in Abuja, was followed by the one organised in Asaba Delta State for the South – South region on the 13th of October, 2025.
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